Process for making linoleum.



J. TOME.

PROCESS FOR MAKING LINOLEUM.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE29, 1914.

1,161,754, Y Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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PROCESS FOR MAKING LINOLEUM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, I9I4.

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PROCESS FOR MAKING LINOLEUlVI.

Specification of Letters Patent. i y' PatentedOVrZ, 19.15.

Application filed .T une 29, 1914. Serial No. 847,903.

To all whom .z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ton, in thecounty of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Processes for Making Li# made up of a series of any number of dis-v tinctively colored sharply divided sections in an integral formation, so that vin producing the commercial product anyl contemplated geometrically designed pattern may Y be formed, while avoiding a large number of seam junctures now necessarylvbetween sections in forming such configuration.

As heretofore practised, a linoleum strip has been formed of the uniform color, that is each strip is formed from one uniformly colored mass, whereby in formingthev geometrical design for the'completed product, 1t was necessary to sever or die the various sections going to make up such design fromr separate ystrips and assemble such separate. strips 1n design formation upon a .proper backing. There lwas thus formed between each of said strips a seam, which Vin the use of the product gradually openedr with the consequent disadvantage.

-l/Vith the present process,'thej linoleumv strip or initial product will be made up of distinctively colored portions formingan integral whole, so that in providing thedesign the `various colored sections heretofore distinct, and separate will be integral, whereby a great number of seams in the commercial product are avoided, whereby not only'to increase the life and efficiency of the product but materially cheapens its cost.

. In carrying out the process, I contemplate the use of the particular machine, the accompanying illustration and description of such particular machine being indicative of the type and being intended -to cover all such types as will lend themselves to the particular process lbeing described.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a lside elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the TOME, a citi--v zen of the United States, residing at 'Iren,-

same. Fig. 3 is a vertical central longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof one of the division plates. .Fig.'5 is aplan of the linoleumstrip constructedby the improved machine. 'Fig 6.is a sectionon line 5-'5 of the same.Y Fig. 7 is a broken'plan,

STATES PATENT oFFCEQ showing theuse of the stripin the completed f linoleum product. Y

The improved machine comprises av main frame 1 o-f any appropriate Vor desired structure, in which is mounted preferablyin will be hereinafter termed feed rolls, while Y the roller 7 mounted on the Vshaft 4 constitutes the calendering/ roll. positively driven, the shafts 3 and 4'each4 carrying gearfwheels as 8 and 9, the shafts .2'y

The rolls are and Balsocarrying smaller sprockets 10 and 11 connected by sprocket chain 12. VThe im-V` portant detail'of this positive drive is that the gear `9 is ofgreaterfdiameter thans the gear 8, so that the calendering roll 7 travels A at less surface speed thanthe adjacentrfeedroll 6. 1 A feed belt 12 of endle'sstype travels over the feed rolls 5 and', the former being preferably provided with a surface series of wire bristles V13, Awhereby to positively advance the'belt in the proper direction.

Supported on the `frame above the juncture of the rolls 6 and 7 isarr-anged the ma-v terial receptacle in theform of a boX like structure 14 of rectangular outline. The

` end walls are connectedby a rod 15 which immediatelyoverlies the space between the rolls Gand 7, and mountedfor adjustment on this rod' is laV series of kdivision feed plates 16, each formedk with a hollow boss extension 17 provided with a set screw 18,

- whereby the division plate may slidably en gage the rod and he held at any desired posiimmediately below the vertical partition..

The horizontaly partitions immediately overi lie and rest upon the upper edges of the division plates, the verticalA partition dividing the receptacle above the horizontal pary tition into distinctive material chambers 22 Vand 23.` The material receptacle thus provides Vlongitudinally extending divided inaterial receiving coinpartmentsin the upper portion and a series of material receiving transversely disposed compartments in the lower portion.

p As aV result of thevprocess, there is pi'of vided a'- linoleum strip integrally formed and providing a series of distinctively colored strips or bands either WithV or Without the elongated markings simulating Wood grain.

and 27 the distinctively colored portions thereof, it -being understood that While two such colors are represented, it Will be apparl entv as previously explained that any number of such coloredportions may be provided.

In formingthe completed or commercial product, as shown at 28 in Fig. 7, the strip 25 is tied or cut along predetermined `lines to provide Ythe desired geometrically designed pattern, andv in :this particular ofy constructiomndiers .materially from such product as previouslyconstructed. For eX- ample, in forming the geometrical outline( illustrated in Fig. 7, it is only necessary to cut "the strip into rectangular outlines, and each .of the sections thus formed includea portion of the igure made up of fdifferently colored portions.' In'the previousv linoleum product, that `is differently colored, portions have been" cut from different strips, and are joined together by the usual seams While lV asa resultof my process Vthese diiferently colored portions within the main block are integral. fTherefore in the instance shown which istrue of all other'forms of figure a great fmany of the usual seams in the commercial linoleum product are avoided and hence not only is the life of the linoleum materiallyincreased in use,but the cost of productionV materially reduced, in that all The linoleum section is illustrated i Vparticularly in Fig. 5, Wherein-25 represents the strip as formed by the process and 26A necessity for cutting these individual colored portions, securing them to the bacln ingand seaming them is avoided.

The salient feature of the present process 'resides therefore in forming a strip of linoleum so that it integrally embodies any desired number of sharply defining distinctly tinctively different gure portions.

2. The herein described process of forming linoleum` consisting in arranging a Y layer of masses yof differently colored linoleum `material in aplastic' state and feeding said material ,between spaced forming surfaces, the speed of travel of one of the surfaces being greater' .than Ythe, other.

3.A The lherein described process of forming linoleum consisting in presenting to moving spaced forming surfaces having difl'erentv speeds of travel, a mass of linoleum material made up of differently colored portions.

4.- The'herein describedprocess of forming linoleum consisting in presenting to spaced forming surfaces a mass of linoleum material made up of distinctly colored sections uniformly vdisposed, lengthwise the plane of travel of such mass between ther forming surfaces, the movement of one of the forming surfaces being at a different `speed from that ofthe other. v

ln testimony whereof l aliii; my'signature in presence ofy two Witnesses.

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1Witnesses 2,

JAMES A. lxoiiHL, E. EDMoNsToN, Jr.

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